Deborah Fuhr
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, ETFGI LLP
Deborah Fuhr is the managing partner and co-founder of ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm launched in 2012 in London offering eight research subscription services.
Previously, she served as global head of ETF research and implementation strategy and as a managing director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors from 2008 – 2011. Ms Fuhr also worked as a managing director and head of the investment strategy team at Morgan Stanley in London from 1997 – 2008, and as an associate at Greenwich Associates.
Deborah Fuhr was the recipient of the 2014 William F. Sharpe Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding and lasting contributions to the field of index investing, the Nate Most Greatest Contributor to the ETF industry award at the 11th annual ExchangeTradedFunds.com awards dinner in 2015 and the ETF.com Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. She has been named as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Finance” by Financial News in 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008 and 2007, and as one of the “10 to Watch in 2014” by Rep. magazine and wealthmanagement.com. Ms Fuhr won the award for the Greatest Overall Contribution to the development of the Global ETF industry in the ExchangeTradedFunds.com survey in 2011 and 2008 and received an award for her contribution to the ETF sector at the annual closed end funds and ETF event in New York and was featured in the Investors Chronicle’s list of “150 people that can make you money” in 2010.
Ms Fuhr frequently writes articles for various publications including: Financial News, ETFI Asia, CityWire, FT Advisor, Pensions and Investments, IPE: Investments and Pensions Europe, Focus -World Federation of Exchanges and the Financial Times.
Ms Fuhr is one of the founders and on the board of Women in ETFs, one of the founders and on the board of Women in ETFs EMEA chapter, and is on the board of Cancer Research UK’s ‘Women of Influence’ initiative to support female scientists. Ms. Fuhr is on the editorial board of the Journal of Indexes (United States), Journal of Indexes (Europe), and Money Management Executive; the advisory board for the Journal of Index Investing; and the investment panel of experts for Portfolio Adviser, the FTSE ICB Advisory Committee, the International Advisory Committee for the Egyptian Exchange, and the University of Connecticut School of Business International Advisory Board. She holds a BS degree from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Kathryn Graham
Head of Strategy Coordination, Universities Superannuation Scheme and 100WF London Board Chair
Ms Graham is Head of Strategy Coordination at Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS), which operates one of the largest pension schemes in the UK, with total fund assets of approximately £55 billion. In this role she is responsible for asset allocation and portfolio construction, the introduction of a Reference Portfolio approach and the design and implementation of a new DC section. In addition she oversees external manager selection for public mandates and liability hedging and chairs the Treasury Committee.
She is a former Director at BT Pension Scheme Management Limited (BTPSM), the pension advisory arm of the BT Pension Scheme, one of the largest in the UK. Ms Graham spent nine years at BTPSM establishing a team mandated to invest directly into single manager hedge funds before taking responsibility for all Manager Selection activities. She established the Liabilities function and undertook various projects related to credit and private market investments and scheme strategy.
Ms Graham’s career began at SG Warburg in fixed income derivatives and structured products and she has also worked at UBS and Progressive. Ms Graham was educated at Edinburgh University and holds an MA in Economics and Mathematics.
Ms Graham is a Trustee of the Hedge Fund Standards Board and Chair of the London Board of 100 Women in Finance. She is included in the FN100 Women in European Finance list and received Hedge Funds Review's outstanding contribution to the industry by an institutional investor award in 2011.
